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Tunca NU, Yesilkaya NK, Karaagac E, Durmaz H, Besir Y, Gokalp O, Iner H, Yılık L, Gurbuz A. Comparison of Bretschneider HTK cardioplegia solution and blood cardioplegia in terms of postoperative results in patients who underwent isolated supracoronary ascending aortic replacement. Perfusion 2023:2676591231182587. [PMID: 37290096 DOI: 10.1177/02676591231182587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Cardiac arrest with cardioplegia is the most common and reliable method of myocardial protection in cardiac surgery, but there is no definite consensus on the use of different types of cardioplegia. Two of the commonly used types of cardioplegia are Bretschneider histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate solution (Custodiol) and conventional blood cardioplegia. In this study, Custodiol solution and conventional blood cardioplegia used in patients with type A aortic dissection who underwent supracoronary ascending aortic replacement were aimed to be compared in terms of postoperative results. METHODS 70 patients with type A aortic dissection who underwent supracoronary ascending aortic replacement in our clinic between January 2011 - October 2020 were included. Patients were divided into two groups, blood cardioplegia group (n = 48) and Custodiol group (n = 22) and they were compared regarding preoperative, perioperative and postoperative variables. RESULTS There was no significant difference between cardiopulmonary bypass time and cross-clamp time (p = 0.17 and p = 0.16, respectively). Mechanical ventilator weaning time, intensive care unit stay and hospital stay were shorter in Custodiol group (p = 0.04,p = 0.03 and p = 0.05, respectively). While inotropic support need was higher in the blood cardioplegia group (p = 0.001), there was no significant difference in terms of mortality, arrhythmia, neurological complications and renal complications. CONCLUSIONS Our results show that Custodiol cardioplegia solution may be superior to blood cardioplegia in reducing mechanical ventilation weaning period, intensive care and hospital stay, and reducing the use of inotropic agents in patients with type A aortic dissection undergoing supracoronary ascending aorta replacement.
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- Nuri Utkan Tunca
- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mus State Hospital, Mus, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Mus State Hospital, Mus, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Konya City Hospital, Konya, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Izmir Katip Celebi University Faculty of Medicine, Izmir, Turkey
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Skeffington KL, Moscarelli M, Abdul-Ghani S, Fiorentino F, Emanueli C, Reeves BC, Punjabi PP, Angelini GD, Suleiman MS. Pathology-related changes in cardiac energy metabolites, inflammatory response and reperfusion injury following cardioplegic arrest in patients undergoing open-heart surgery. Front Cardiovasc Med 2022; 9:911557. [PMID: 35935655 PMCID: PMC9354251 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2022.911557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2022] [Accepted: 06/29/2022] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Introduction Changes in cardiac metabolites in adult patients undergoing open-heart surgery using ischemic cardioplegic arrest have largely been reported for non-ventricular tissue or diseased left ventricular tissue, with few studies attempting to assess such changes in both ventricular chambers. It is also unknown whether such changes are altered in different pathologies or linked to the degree of reperfusion injury and inflammatory response. The aim of the present work was to address these issues by monitoring myocardial metabolites in both ventricles and to establish whether these changes are linked to reperfusion injury and inflammatory/stress response in patients undergoing surgery using cold blood cardioplegia for either coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, n = 25) or aortic valve replacement (AVR, n = 16). Methods Ventricular biopsies from both left (LV) and right (RV) ventricles were collected before ischemic cardioplegic arrest and 20 min after reperfusion. The biopsies were processed for measuring selected metabolites (adenine nucleotides, purines, and amino acids) using HPLC. Blood markers of cardiac injury (Troponin I, cTnI), inflammation (IL- 6, IL-8, Il-10, and TNFα, measured using Multiplex) and oxidative stress (Myeloperoxidase, MPO) were measured pre- and up to 72 hours post-operatively. Results The CABG group had a significantly shorter ischemic cardioplegic arrest time (38.6 ± 2.3 min) compared to AVR group (63.0 ± 4.9 min, p = 2 x 10-6). Cardiac injury (cTnI release) was similar for both CABG and AVR groups. The inflammatory markers IL-6 and Il-8 were significantly higher in CABG patients compared to AVR patients. Metabolic markers of cardiac ischemic stress were relatively and significantly more altered in the LV of CABG patients. Comparing diabetic and non-diabetic CABG patients shows that only the RV of diabetic patients sustained major ischemic stress during reperfusion and that diabetic patients had a significantly higher inflammatory response. Discussion CABG patients sustain relatively more ischemic stress, systemic inflammatory response and similar injury and oxidative stress compared to AVR patients despite having significantly shorter cross-clamp time. The higher inflammatory response in CABG patients appears to be at least partly driven by a higher incidence of diabetes amongst CABG patients. In addition to pathology, the use of cold blood cardioplegic arrest may underlie these differences.
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- Katie L. Skeffington
- Bristol Heart Institute and Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
- GVM Care & Research, Anthea Hospital, Bari, Italy
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- Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Al-Quds University, Jerusalem, Palestine
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- Nightingale-Saunders Clinical Trials and Epidemiology Unit (King's Clinical Trials Unit), King's College London, London, United Kingdom
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Heart Institute and Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Heart Institute and Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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- Bristol Heart Institute and Bristol Medical School, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
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Kappler B, Ledezma CA, van Tuijl S, Meijborg V, Boukens BJ, Ergin B, Tan PJ, Stijnen M, Ince C, Díaz-Zuccarini V, de Mol BAJM. Investigating the physiology of normothermic ex vivo heart perfusion in an isolated slaughterhouse porcine model used for device testing and training. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2019; 19:254. [PMID: 31711426 PMCID: PMC6849278 DOI: 10.1186/s12872-019-1242-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2019] [Accepted: 10/31/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background The PhysioHeart™ is a mature acute platform, based isolated slaughterhouse hearts and able to validate cardiac devices and techniques in working mode. Despite perfusion, myocardial edema and time-dependent function degradation are reported. Therefore, monitoring several variables is necessary to identify which of these should be controlled to preserve the heart function. This study presents biochemical, electrophysiological and hemodynamic changes in the PhysioHeart™ to understand the pitfalls of ex vivo slaughterhouse heart hemoperfusion. Methods Seven porcine hearts were harvested, arrested and revived using the PhysioHeart™. Cardiac output, SaO2, glucose and pH were maintained at physiological levels. Blood analyses were performed hourly and unipolar epicardial electrograms (UEG), pressures and flows were recorded to assess the physiological performance. Results Normal cardiac performance was attained in terms of mean cardiac output (5.1 ± 1.7 l/min) and pressures but deteriorated over time. Across the experiments, homeostasis was maintained for 171.4 ± 54 min, osmolarity and blood electrolytes increased significantly between 10 and 80%, heart weight increased by 144 ± 41 g, free fatty acids (− 60%), glucose and lactate diminished, ammonia increased by 273 ± 76% and myocardial necrosis and UEG alterations appeared and aggravated. Progressively deteriorating electrophysiological and hemodynamic functions can be explained by reperfusion injury, waste product intoxication (i.e. hyperammonemia), lack of essential nutrients, ion imbalances and cardiac necrosis as a consequence of hepatological and nephrological plasma clearance absence. Conclusions The PhysioHeart™ is an acute model, suitable for cardiac device and therapy assessment, which can precede conventional animal studies. However, observations indicate that ex vivo slaughterhouse hearts resemble cardiac physiology of deteriorating hearts in a multi-organ failure situation and signalize the need for plasma clearance during perfusion to attenuate time-dependent function degradation. The presented study therefore provides an in-dept understanding of the sources and reasons causing the cardiac function loss, as a first step for future effort to prolong cardiac perfusion in the PhysioHeart™. These findings could be also of potential interest for other cardiac platforms.
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- Benjamin Kappler
- Department Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. .,LifeTec Group B.V, Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, UK
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- Department of Medical Biology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Biology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Translational Physiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, UK
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- Department of Translational Physiology, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, University College London, Torrington Place, London, UK. .,WEISS Centre for Surgical and Interventional Sciences, UCL, Gower Street 10, London, UK.
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- Department Cardiothoracic Surgery, Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,LifeTec Group B.V, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
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Nardi P, Vacirca SR, Russo M, Colella DF, Bassano C, Scafuri A, Pellegrino A, Melino G, Ruvolo G. Cold crystalloid versus warm blood cardioplegia in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement. J Thorac Dis 2018; 10:1490-1499. [PMID: 29707299 DOI: 10.21037/jtd.2018.03.67] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Background Myocardial protection techniques during cardiac arrest have been extensively investigated in the clinical setting of coronary revascularization. Fewer studies have been carried out of patients affected by left ventricular hypertrophy, where the choice of type and temperature of cardioplegia remain controversial. We have retrospectively investigated myocardial injury and short-term outcome in patients undergoing aortic valve replacement plus or minus coronary artery bypass grafting with using cold crystalloid cardioplegia (CCC) or warm blood cardioplegia (WBC). Methods From January 2015 to October 2016, 191 consecutive patients underwent aortic valve replacement plus or minus coronary artery bypass grafting in normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Cardiac arrest was obtained with use of intermittent antegrade CCC group (n=32) or WBC group (n=159), according with the choice of the surgeon. Results As compared with WBC group, in CCC group creatine-kinase-MB (CK-MB), cardiac troponin I (cTnI), aspartate aminotransferase (AST) release, and their peak levels, were lower during each time points of evaluation, with the greater statistically significant difference at time 0 (P<0.05, for all comparisons). A time 0, CK-MB/CK ratio >10% was 5.9% in CCC group versus 7.8% in WBC group (P<0.0001). At time 0 CK-MB/CK ratio >10% in patients undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement was 6.0% in CCC group versus 8.0% in WBC group (P<0.01). No any difference was found in perioperative myocardial infarction (0% versus 3.8%), postoperative (PO) major complications (15.6% versus 16.4%), in-hospital mortality (3.1% versus 1.3%). Conclusions In aortic valve surgery a significant decrease of myocardial enzymes release is observed in favor of CCC, but this difference does not translate into different clinical outcome. However, this study suggests that in presence of cardiac surgical conditions associated with significant left ventricular hypertrophy, i.e., the aortic valve disease, a better myocardial protection can be achieved with the use of a cold rather than a warm cardioplegia. Therefore, CCC can be still safely used.
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- Paolo Nardi
- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Anesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Experimental Medicine and Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Surgery, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy
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Heath M, Yalamuri S, Walker J, Maxwell C, Williams A, McCartney S, Daneshmand M. Cold Agglutinin Autoantibodies in a Patient without a Visible Coronary Sinus Ostium: Strategies for Myocardial Protection without Using Retrograde Cardioplegia. THE JOURNAL OF EXTRA-CORPOREAL TECHNOLOGY 2016; 48:79-82. [PMID: 27578898 PMCID: PMC5001525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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The presence of cold agglutinins (CA) during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass usually creates the need for an altered surgical plan. In this case, the CA were discovered after the initiation of bypass, limiting the time, and cardioplegia solutions that could be used in the new approach. The inability to cannulate the coronary sinus with a retrograde cardioplegia catheter excluded the standard approach to myocardial preservation with CA of using continuous warm blood. For this case, we used intermittent cold crystalloid delivered via the antegrade needle for the first half of the procedure and through the saphenous vein graft anastomosis during the aortic valve portion of the cross-clamp period.
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- Michele Heath
- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and
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- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and
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- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and
- Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
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- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and
- Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
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- Durham VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina; and
- Duke University Hospital, Durham, North Carolina
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